# 勃

| 勃 | U+52C3, &#21187; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52C3 |
| ← 勂 [U+52C2] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 勄 → [U+52C4] |

## Translingual
### Han character

勃 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十木大尸 (JDKS), four-corner 4442$_7$, composition ⿰孛力)

#### Derived characters

* 𠷺, 𡍧, 𭚺, 𰑰, 渤, 𤊹, 𦂿, 𮛱, 葧, 愂, 𭵉

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 147, character 27
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2351
* Dae Jaweon: page 332, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 370, character 15
* Unihan data for U+52C3

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 勃
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 誖 | *pɯːds, *bɯːds, *bɯːd |
| 悖 | *bɯːds, *bɯːd |
| 孛 | *bɯːds, *bɯːd |
| 哱 | *pʰɯːd |
| 馞 | *pʰɯːd, *bɯːd |
| 勃 | *bɯːd |
| 餑 | *bɯːd |
| 郣 | *bɯːd |
| 浡 | *bɯːd |
| 桲 | *bɯːd |
| 挬 | *bɯːd |
| 脖 | *bɯːd |
| 鵓 | *bɯːd |
| 渤 | *bɯːd |
| 綍 | *pɯd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *bɯːd) : phonetic 孛 (OC *bɯːds, *bɯːd, “power”) + semantic 力.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): bó (bo$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bo$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): but$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): bot$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): phut
    (Meixian, Guangdong): pud$^6$
* Jin (Wiktionary): beh$^5$
* Northern Min (KCR): bŏ̤
* Eastern Min (BUC): buŏk
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pu̍t
    (Teochew, Peng'im): buag$^8$ / buêg$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$beq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): pu$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bó
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bó
*** Wade–Giles: po$^2$
*** Yale: bwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
*** Palladius: бо (bo)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu̯ɔ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: bo$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bo
*** Sinological IPA : /po²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: but$^6$
*** Yale: buht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: but$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bud$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /puːt̚²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: bot$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /pᵘɔt̚³²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phut
*** Hakka Romanization System: pud$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pud$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰut̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: pud$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰut̚⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: beh$^5$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /pəʔ⁵⁴/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bŏ̤
*** Sinological IPA : /pɔ²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: buŏk
*** Sinological IPA : /puoʔ⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pu̍t
*** Tâi-lô: pu̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: put
*** IPA (Xiamen): /put̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /put̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: buag$^8$ / buêg$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pua̍k / pue̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /puak̚⁴/, /puek̚⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$beq
*** MiniDict: beh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$beq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bəʔ¹²/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: pu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰu²⁴/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit勃 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /po³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /pɤ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /po⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /pə²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /pə⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /po²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /po²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /pʰɔ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /puə¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /pə⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /pɤ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /pʰu²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /po³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /pʰo²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /pʰu³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /poʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /pʰəʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /pəʔ⁵⁴/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /pʌʔ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /pəʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /bəʔ¹/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /bəʔ³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /bəʔ²/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /bø²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /pʰɔʔ²¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /po⁵/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /pʰu²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /pʰu²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | |
| Hakka | Meixian | /pʰut̚⁵/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /pʰut̚⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /put̚²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /put̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /put̚²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /put̚⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /puoʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /pɔ²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /puak̚⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /fut̚⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: bwot
Rime :
| Character | 勃 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 沒 (56) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 蒲没切 |
| Baxter | bwot |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /buət̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /buot̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /buət̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bwət̚/ |
| Li Rong | /buət̚/ |
| Wang Li | /buət̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱuət̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bó |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | but$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤut/
    (Zhengzhang): /*bɯːd/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 勃 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bó |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bwot › |
| Old Chinese | /*[b]ˁut/ |
| English | confused |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 勃 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 974 |
| Phonetic component | 孛 |
| Rime group | 物 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 勃 |
| Old Chinese | /*bɯːd/ |

### Definitions

勃
* exuberant; flourishing; vigorous
* suddenly (changing countenance)
* to push; to drive; to surge
* (obsolete) fine powder

### Compounds

* 勃勃 (bóbó)
* 勃喇喇
* 勃如
* 勃律 (Bólǜ)
* 勃朗峰 (Bólǎng Fēng)
* 勃朗特
* 勃朗運動 / 勃朗运动 (Bólǎng yùndòng)
* 勃極烈 / 勃极烈
* 勃浪鼓
* 勃滃
* 勃然 (bórán)
* 勃然作色
* 勃然大怒 (bórándànù)
* 勃然色變 / 勃然色变
* 勃然變色 / 勃然变色
* 勃發 / 勃发 (bófā)
* 勃窣
* 勃興 / 勃兴 (bóxīng)
* 勃谿
* 勃起 (bóqǐ)
* 勃起功能障礙 / 勃起功能障碍 (bóqǐ gōngnéng zhàng'ài)
* 勃露斯
* 勃騰 / 勃腾
* 勃騰騰 / 勃腾腾
* 勃鬱 / 勃郁
* 咆勃
* 噴勃 / 喷勃
* 婦姑勃谿 / 妇姑勃谿
* 朝氣勃勃 / 朝气勃勃 (zhāoqìbóbó)
* 朝氣蓬勃 / 朝气蓬勃 (zhāoqìpéngbó)
* 氣勃勃 / 气勃勃
* 激勃素
* 牛溲馬勃 / 牛溲马勃
* 生機勃勃 / 生机勃勃 (shēngjībóbó)
* 生氣勃勃 / 生气勃勃 (shēngqìbóbó)
* 生氣蓬勃 / 生气蓬勃 (shēngqìpéngbó)
* 興致勃勃 / 兴致勃勃 (xìngzhìbóbó)
* 興致勃發 / 兴致勃发
* 苾勃 (bìbó)
* 英氣勃勃 / 英气勃勃
* 蓊勃
* 蓬勃 (péngbó)
* 蓬蓬勃勃 (péngpéngbóbó)
* 野心勃勃 (yěxīnbóbó)
* 阿勃勒
* 雄心勃勃 (xióngxīnbóbó)
* 馬勃 / 马勃 (mǎbó)
* 馬勃牛溲 / 马勃牛溲
* 鬱勃 / 郁勃 (yùbó)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* suddenness, something that happens suddenly
* rise
* Short for 勃牙利 (Burugaria, “Bulgaria”).

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぼち (bochi)
* Kan-on: ほつ (hotsu)
* Kan’yō-on: ぼつ (botsu, Jōyō)
* Kun: おこる (okoru, 勃る)、たつ (tatsu, 勃つ)、にわかに (niwakani, 勃かに)
* Nanori: ひら (hira)、ひろ (hiro)

#### Compounds

* 勃(ぼつ)鬱(うつ) (botsūtsu)
* 勃(ぼつ)焉(えん) (botsuen)
* 勃(ぼっ)海(かい) (bokkai)
* 勃(ぼっ)起(き) (bokki)
* 勃(ぼっ)興(こう) (bokkō)
* 勃(ぼつ)爾(じ) (botsuji)
* 勃(ぼつ)如(じょ) (botsujo) (孛(ぼつ)如(じょ))
* 勃(ぼっ)振(しん) (bosshin)
* 勃(ぼつ)然(ぜん) (botsuzen)
* 勃(ぼっ)窣(そつ) (bossotsu)
* 勃(ぼっ)発(ぱつ) (boppatsu)
* 勃(ぼつ)勃(ぼつ) (botsubotsu)
* 勃(ぼつ)乱(らん) (botsuran)
* 鬱(うつ)勃(ぼつ) (utsubotsu)
* 王(おう)勃(ぼつ) (ōbotsu)
* 蓊(おう)勃(ぼつ) (ōbotsu)
* 蓬(ほう)勃(ぼつ) (hōbotsu)

## Korean
### Hanja

勃 (eumhun 노할 발 (nohal bal))
* hanja form of 발 (“rise”)

#### Compounds

* 발발 (勃發, balbal, “breaking out suddenly”)
* 발기 (勃起, balgi)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

勃: Hán Nôm readings: bột
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